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9 typewritten pages. Illustrated with 3 ink drawings by the author. 28x22 cm (11x8½").

Original unpublished typewritten short story manuscript from 1957. Bukowski's Sanford Station P.O. Box, which he used 1957-58,  appears at the top of the first page. This story was written before the author had acquired literary fame, during the time he was living with his first wife Barbara Frye and had just started writing again after a ten year hiatus. His first book, Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail, was published in 1960. The story relates an entertaining encounter with a woman on a good day at the racetrack and is illustrated 3 wonderful ink drawings by Bukowski. A few edits in green pen are in Bukowski's hand. A rare early unpublished manuscript.